Can-top



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GEORGE J. RECORD, OF CONNEAUT, OHIO.

CAN-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,794, dated January21, 1890'. Application iiled September 2l, 1889. Serial No. 324,657. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. RECORD, of Oouneaut, in the county ofAshtabula and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Can-Top,oi' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in can-tops; and it consists in theparticularconstruction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters and figures of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure I is a plan view of a can, representing the same as it appearswhen provided with my improved cap, the parts being represented in fulllines as they appear when in the discharging` position, and in dottedlines as they appear when in the closed position. Fig. 2 is an enlargedcross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, the parts being in thedischarging position; and Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line 3 3 ofFig. l, the parts being in the closed position.

In the drawings, lO represents the can-cap proper, which is formed withan upwardlyextending dome 2, beyond which there is a iiange 3, that isarranged to be soldered to the can-body in the ordinary manner. Upon thecap l0 there is fitted a spout carrying cap Il, which cap carries apacking-ring l2, that is apertured at 4, the aperture 4: registeringwith the bore of the spout 13, as shown in Fig. 2. The caps IO and llare connected, preferably, by a bolt 14, that is soldered to the cap lOand extends upward through apertures in the packing l2 and the top ofthe cap ll, there to be engaged by a thumb or binding nut l5, as isclearly shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3.

The cap lO is formed with a discharge-aperture 5 and with a stop 7,while the rim S of the cap ll is formed with a cut-away section 9, thearrangement being such that the cap ll may be moved to the positionindicated by dotted lines in Fig. I and shown in full lines in Fig. 3,in which position the communication between the discharge-aperture 5 andthe spout-bore will be cut off; or the cap 1l may be turned to theposition in which it is shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, thusbringing the discharge-aperture 5 into register with thepacking-aperture et, and consequently into register with the bore of thespout.

Although not positively necessary, I prefer to form the cap l0 with avent-aperture a, and to form registering vent-apertures b and c in thecap ll and packing l2, said apertures being so located that when the capl1 is turned to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2 theapertures b and c will register with the aperture CL, but when the capIl is turned to close the discharge-aperture 5 the vent-apertures willbe out of register.

By providing a binding-nut 15, I am enabled to take up any wear whichthe continuous turning of the spout-carrying cap may bring about.

It will be noticed that the aperture 5 is eX- ceedingly small, and henceafter the contents of the can have been discharged it will be eX-tremely difficult to till the can through the aperture, and consequentlythe refilling of the can could only be brought about successfully byremoving the cap 10 from the body ot t-he can.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and. desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a can-cap providedwith an apertured dome, of a spout-carrying cap fitted to turn on thedome of the can-cap, an apertured packing between the caps, a boltsecured to the can-cap and projecting through the packing and spout-cap,and a thumb-nut on the bolt, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the can-cap l0, provided with the dome 2,having the apertures a and 5, of the cap ll, tting on the cancap andprovided with the aperture ZJ and spout 13, the packing 12 between thecaps, and provided with the apertures c and et, the bolt I4, secured tothe under side ot' the cap IO, and the thumb-nut l5 on the bolt,substantially as herein shown and described.

GEORGE J. RECORD. Witnesses:

Z. H. THOMPSON, EDWARD KENT, J r.

